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October 18: Alaska Day (1867)

Bob Beamon

1565 – The first recorded naval battle between Europeans and the Japanese occurred when a flotilla of samurai attacked two Portuguese trade vessels at the Battle of Fukuda Bay in Nagasaki.
1748 – The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
1873 – Renton defeated Kilmarnock 2–0 in the opening match of the inaugural Scottish Cup.
1968 – At the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, American athlete Bob Beamon (pictured) achieved a distance of 8.90 m (29.2 ft) in the long jump event, setting a world record that stood for 23 years.

John FitzWalter, 2nd Baron FitzWalter (d. 1361)
Mehmet Esat Bülkat (b. 1862)
Maria Antonescu (d. 1964)
Bess Truman (d. 1982)

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Shouldn't thi have a template of its own? that way, all that has to be done is edit the TDIH template by adding the date, and it automatially selects the proper template?HereToHelp|talk 02:07, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

october 18th is msmpokegamers birthday but wikitubia exists... so yeah 2405:6E00:E90:E200:E052:6F14:F322:ED1C (talk) 05:00, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]